MacVoices #25089: Terri Morgan on New LumaFusion Features and the Joy of Editing
Release Date: 03/11/2025
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info_outlineTerri Morgan, Co-Founder Principle Designer for LumaTouch discusses the significant new features in LumaFusion, particularly highlighting adjustment clips, enhanced keyframing, and increased track support in the latest update. Terri explains how these features streamline the editing process, providing editors with greater efficiency, flexibility, and creativity. She emphasizes how adjustment clips revolutionize the editing workflow by allowing complex, multi-layered edits with simplified controls. The conversation also touches on LumaFusion’s unique pricing structure, mobile editing on iPhone and iPad, and the satisfaction that comes from creative storytelling through video editing.
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Show Notes:
Chapters:
00:11 Introduction to Editing Joy
01:18 New Features in LumaFusion
08:48 The Power of Adjustment Clips
12:19 Pricing Structure Explained
18:17 The Joy of Mobile Editing
27:51 Mobile Journalism and Editing Standards
33:05 Immersive Editing Experience
36:16 Presence at NAB
37:58 Creativity in Editing
Links:
Los Angeles Creative Pro User Group YouTube Channel
Guests:
Terri Morgan is Co-Founder and Principle Designer at LumaTouch. She brings over 30 years of experience from the video industry to her passion for user experience and design. In 1988 Terri helped usher in the era of non-linear editing as a video editor at Alpha Cine Labs in Seattle. In 1995 she joined Lightworks in London, and became a Product Specialist, creating a powerful, multi-track editing system. In 2000, she founded a video editing and consulting business providing design and testing for Fast Multimedia and Pinnacle Systems. In 2007, Terri joined Avid as a Principal Product Designer where she led the product management and design of Pinnacle Studio for iPad and was honored with the Avid Achievement Award. Terri has received multiple awards for her editing work, including 3 Telly awards. She earned her BA in Visual Communications at The Evergreen State College, and her Professional Certificate in Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington.
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